Overclocking athlons

[IceGod]

I've seen lots of people with systems that have 1.4 or 1.33 athlons overclocked to 1.6ghz. I've just recently started shopping for a new computer, and I never knew you could overclock athlons like that. How successful are they at being overclocked? Is there a large chance of damaging the Athlon if I try it? Any considerations/equipment I should get before I attempt such a feat? I wanna be l33t and say I have a 1.6ghz!

Tom

 

[CarpetMan]

Overclocking is a crap shoot. Some cpu's are more overclockable Than others. But you really can't tell till you try.
One main consideration is cooling,if you plan on o/cing buy extra good cooling devices.

 

[Killrose]

If your new to overclocking, don't get your hopes too high. All your system components have to be top notch, and you have to get lucky when buying a CPU because you never really know what you'll get unless you buy one pre-tested.
You can usually get a resonable performance increase with most CPU's, your case/CPU cooling has to be very good. Most pre-built systems don't support overclocking, so you'll have to keep that in mind as well.